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Comment from djnippa

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Comment from djnippa

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Comment from djnippa

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Comment from djnippa

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I designed this font way back in June 2009, and I've kept it away from public viewing, as I wanted to wait to see if the original font (it was based on) could be found. The lower case is completely new. The upper case is based on a Font that was used by the Playstation The Official Magazine in 2006.
I have tried to find out its name, but had no success. Even asked the guys at Typophile. Anyone any ideas?
I wanted to buy it to use on a design job, so having no joy, I had to create it myself.
Also it's kind of been pushed into release by the showing of Temptation 1 who also seems to have had the same problems I encountered. All brutally honest opinions welcomed.

Comment from thalamic

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Brutally Honest Opinion Número Uno: Brilliant. Brutally Honest Opinion Numéro Deux: Maybe the lowercase y could be formed by modifying the lowercase q for the 'in diagonal we trust' look. Brutally Honest Opinion номер три: Brilliant.

Comment from djnippa

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks mate, I know what you mean, but have you seen my alternatives, scroll right past the European set, is there a 'y' there?

Comment from thalamic

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Oooh. Should've explored further. I only saw your samples. Revised Brutally Honest French Opinion: doué

Comment from djnippa

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

So which 'y' do you think would work better?

Comment from afrojet

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Great alternates. I like the alternate 'K' and the two for lowercase a.

Comment from aphoria

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I thought the 8 seemed familiar. Anyway, this brilliant. The lowercase is my favorite. I like the alternate y where the the diagonal is disconnected.

Comment from will.i.ૐ

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I felt rather positive the original was a YouWorkForThem design. That or maybe it came from Typodermic, but no Ray Larabie’s work has far too much warmth. Even his more futuristic faces. Well, skim over the answer on YWFT did I ever. A couple times, what with its itty-bitty hairline lowercase sample and all. So, I politely contacted Alejandro Chavetta via his Behance portfolio. Would he reveal the answer? Of anyone, as the former Associate Art Director for OPM, he should know...especially if it was custom. Yet another YWFT face even name-drops the magazine, detailing how they both used and customized Alloy for display purposes. Hmm. Knowing I was hot, still thinking it a dead end, I simply prayed Alejandro had the time to reply. And what a true gentleman! He got back to me in a matter of hours, bless his art. Now – without further ado – the family you are looking for: community service. A thousand thank yous to Alejandro in this case. :^)

Comment from djnippa

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

@ will.i.ૐ Thank you so very much for going out of your way to try to find the answer. However the final link goes to a page with "WOOPS" on it. Is that intentional? Should I be doing Community Service for my work? I'm confused! I actually emailed PS Magazine back in June asking them if they knew what it was called. I didn't get a reply, off any of the design/editorial team. I really like the other fonts you've found, they have the same feel.

Comment from will.i.ૐ

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I know, funny name, right? I must’ve bungled that link, though – not trying to give you the run around, honest! Let’s try again, as I found it none too easy to find simply browsing YWFT by sight (really it was the first place I thought to look considering the difficulty you had, but I breezed right past the tiny sample on my own free-ranging goose chase). Community Service. Hope it comes through this time. : ) Contacting the magazine directly seems completely logical in a perfect world. I have a sense that if Alejandro still worked at the Official Playstation Magazine, he would have replied in a timely manner. And I can’t even say if they still use the same graphic libraries as before (perhaps they lost the thread of your question before finding out themselves). I did find out in my research that the entire staff is different from the era you were asking about. That was a big clue sending me in the direction of the true hero of the hour, an ex-staff member. Also the YWFT google search result that linked to Alloy lead me back to my initial hunch (still no luck browsing that time, though :P). All these shreds of evidence indicated to me that the art director really had it together. When I searched with that in mind, I found Alejandro’s portfolio, sample spreads (using the font prominently), and his contact link. I say all this again just to clarify even more the following point: In my blindness, it was his generosity that uncovered the solution and I think he’s a really great guy for it. Glad you enjoyed the (working) Typodermic links. Cheers!

Comment from will.i.ૐ

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Uh, hmm, ok? I can’t link to it, so try copying this directly into the address bar: http://www.youworkforthem.com/product.php?sku=T0007

Comment from djnippa

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Yippee, got it and just bought it, $89 fantastic. :-) Sherlock Holmes would be proud of your skills. I notice his lowercase is very different from mine. It's the same height as the upper - not sure if I like it. Plus a few upper case ones slightly differ as well, mainly 'Q', but who cares I'm so pleased you've found it. Plus there's loads of different weights, oh joy, big smile on my face. I'll change the Description, and inform the slack lot on Typophile that we have a result.

Comment from thalamic

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Looking at this again, I must say that somewhere during fontstructing you've made the leap from good to great. I dunno why but knowing that makes me feel calm happy.

Comment from intaglio

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Has this insanely great font stayed unpicked because the U/C is a derivative?

Comment from djnippa

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Cheers guys, I think bringing the Original brilliant font to everyone's attention is all I could possibly hope to achieve with releasing my version. I've already designed NCD PSMagazine 3 which looks completely unique, and could get a TP. So long as one in the family gets a TP, I'm cool with that. I'm still buzzin on the fact that the font "Community Service" has finally been found by Will.i.um. That was well worth forsaking the TP any day.

Comment from djnippa

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

@ Thalamic. You being God of the diagonal, if there is a combination of glyths (from my alternatives) you'd like me to do for you, I'd be more than happy to oblige. I find there's nothing more frustrating than liking a font, but one or two letters you'd like to see changed. NCD PSMagazine T version is very doable.

Comment from p2pnut

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I have been following this fantastic detective story and just realised, I hadn't made any comment. First rate work on the l/c. I agree with Aphoria about the alternate y. Excellent detective work by will.i.ૐ and a happy ending when you found the font you wanted. Top marks all round :)

Comment from djnippa

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Changed the 'y' and also the 'a' to balance it.

Comment from Frodo7

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

My brutally honest opinion: it looks great! Thanks for sharing it. I also very much like your samples, pure and simple, revealing one part of the whole set at a time. 10/10

Comment from cayo

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Yep! the samples make cool even cooler. Very, but very nice.